Dear readers of suitcasing.com, I feel the need for a slight change of direction. I’m going to focus the next several posts towards the hows and maybes and whys of writing. I don’t know if reading a blog about writing interests that many people, but hopefully my thoughts will be useful to someone trying to [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 26, 2008
Camden to Collingswood
There are many elegant buildings in Camden. The streets bordering the Rutgers campus rise in a kind of subdued, functional version of art deco – assorted colours, many symmetrical windows – 1920s, perhaps. These old houses (or old offices) would look wonderful renovated and handed out to wealthy young professionals. There is a tall, rambling [...]
August 23, 2008
Still getting ready
So.
Teacher training begins on Monday, and term begins for real the week after that. Things are going to be busy – I’ve been trying to get organised – using an old how-to-be-productive book called “Getting Things Done”, writing out lists of books I’ve promised myself I’d read, and even filing papers in folders…
(The “Getting Things [...]
August 14, 2008
The Stages of IKEA Death
1. Elation. Wow, there are some really nice, cheap things here. I can get my room looking nice for a couple of hundred dollars. And that coffee table’s pretty, too – not my kind of thing, though. Get the lamp I saw in the brochure, get some nice wall hangings, and take the bus back [...]
